Jack from Farmingdale, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2017. He and Karen signed in late August and the generator was running by the end of September, five weeks start to finish, a 16 kW Generac in an aluminum enclosure on its own pad with a 150-amp service-rated transfer switch. Aluminum matters this close to the coast, where a steel enclosure gives up first. A Generac service contract has kept it maintained since. Farmingdale is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Farmingdale, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2017
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7035
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,700 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 150 amp
- Transfer switch
- 150 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Glen and his team made this an easy project to complete. They are a very organized and professional company. All the work was performed on schedule with little involvement on my part. We are very happy with the Generac whole house generator installation and operation.
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Jack. Little involvement on your part is exactly what we aim at: the 16 kW Generac at the house in Farmingdale sits in an aluminum enclosure behind a 150-amp switch, and the scheduling around gas, electrical and inspections is our problem rather than yours. Glad the machine has been as easy to live with as the project was.
Standby generator questions from Farmingdale homeowners
Can a standby generator be installed in Farmingdale without natural gas?
Yes. Residential standby generators commonly run on liquid propane. A properly sized tank, regulator and piping system has to be designed to deliver adequate vapour flow and pressure for the machine.
What does a standby generator sit on?
A stable, level support system allowed by the model's installation instructions. Depending on the machine and the site that can be an approved composite base, a prepared aggregate base, a concrete pad, or an engineered elevated platform.
How can a whole house be carried on a smaller electrical service?
Through load management. One or more large loads are controlled so they do not start at the same moment, or shut down briefly if generator demand climbs too high. That is what allows whole-house coverage where the raw sum of every connected load would otherwise exceed the machine.